diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 33649ca..0a788b6 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -105,5 +105,5 @@
 /CMakeFiles
 /cmake_install.cmake
 /include
-/libjson-c-static.a
+/libjson-c.a
 /libjson-c.so
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f93c0e6..2d1f31e 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ add_library(json-c-static
 )
 
 set_property(TARGET json-c PROPERTY C_STANDARD 99)
+set_target_properties(json-c-static PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME json-c)
 
 install(TARGETS json-c json-c-static
     RUNTIME DESTINATION bin